Someone who received a Purple Heart medal can get special license plates that say 'PURPLE HEART' on them. The first set of these plates is free, but extra sets cost the normal registration fee. The plates can be used on any vehicle the person owns, as long as it is not a heavy commercial vehicle. These plates cannot be passed to another person, but if the medal recipient dies, a co-owner of the vehicle can keep using the plates for the rest of their life, unless that co-owner remarries.
301.451. , special plates. — (1) Any person who has been awarded the purple heart medal may apply for special motor vehicle license plates for any vehicle he or she owns, either solely or jointly, other than weighing over twenty-four thousand .
(2) Any such person shall make for the special license plates on a form provided by the and furnish such as a of the purple heart medal as the may require. The director shall then license plates bearing or numbers or a combination thereof, with the words "PURPLE HEART" in place of the words "SHOW-ME STATE" in a form prescribed by the established in section 301.129*.
(3) Such license plates shall be made with with a common color scheme and design, shall be clearly visible at night, and shall be aesthetically attractive, as prescribed by section 301.130.
(4) There shall be no fee charged for the first set of license plates issued to an under this section. A second or subsequent set of license plates issued to the eligible person under this section shall be subject to regular but not to any fee in addition to regular registration fees.
(5) There shall be no limit on the number of license plates any person qualified under this section may obtain so long as each set of license plates issued under this section is issued for vehicles owned solely or jointly by such person.
(6) License plates issued under the of this section shall not be to any other person, except that, in the event of the death of the qualified person, any of the motor vehicle shall be entitled to use and renew the license plates until he or she remarries or, if he or she does not remarry, for the of his or her life.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1991 S.B. 47 § 1, A.L. 1993 S.B. 329, A.L. 1995 S.B. 70, A.L. 1997 S.B. 69, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1382 & 1158, A.L. 2009 H.B. 427, A.L. 2015 H.B. 403, A.L. 2016 H.B. 2380, A.L. 2020 S.B. 656) *Section 301.129 was repealed by H.B. 1298 Revision, 2014.
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